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The odds of getting a custom spring are pretty high when you organise to get it powder coated for me and hand deliver it.
STM
white rocket wrote:she s got nice stickers fresh brake pads and new tyres looks like a factory ride looks better than lc s non factory ride :silly: so you better beet him
My best chance to beat LC is in the show and shine :laugh:
STM
I may not be as prepared as a factory rider would be but me bike is. :woohoo:
I would go into detail of exactly what I have done but that list may fall into the wrong hands
6 days and counting!!!
STM
Nickj wrote:singletrackmind wrote:I watched the videos and a lot of design work has gone into it. By the time matey sets it up though I would have unloaded my bike from the ute, thrown up my dome tent, gone for a ride, drank a 6 pack of beer and pissed in that beautiful lake it was filmed next to. :laugh:STM
Not true though !! You’d have pissed in the dome tent well before you noticed the lake
Nick
i was waiting for that :laugh:
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Nato wrote:LC4skin wrote:Trying getting in the pit at a hardcore punk show where the average age of the punters is about 16, then you feel old
One direction is not hardcore punk lc.
FUNNY S#%T
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Hatto wrote:You wont need tools (oh wait, its a honda), take some valves 😆 . You are never more than 2km from the pits and easy access back.
Hatto
That would be funny if it was not true. Nickj and I are both running Kibblewhites so we don’t have to deal with push starting each other :laugh:
STM
Great clip Jeffro and nice work Snowy. Looks like those little 250’s are no fun at all
STM
mal5.1 wrote:LC4skin wrote:Go as fast as you can at all times (if you try and go fast you will crash just get back on and go fast again, I have set some of my best laps times even with a crash because I wash pushing it harder)The loop at Transmoto should only be about 20 – 25 mins, don’t need a camelbak or tools.
I have read that you must hydrate for a few days leading up to a race and eating carbs the night before is no good, you have to eat them a few days before too.
Gatorade, energy bars, energy gels, bananas, honey etc. Don’t forget to eat some real food too.
Might be wise to invest in some roll offs for your goggles, good chance it will be muddy and you can’t go very fast when you can’t see.
And remember to breath. (thanks Mal
)Ah yes BREATH, BREATH, BREATH!!! Consciously make yourself breath deeply. Oxygen feeds your muscles and if you don’t breath it’ll be arm pump city before you know it.
Carb loading the night before will do more harm than good. I learnt the hard way and then was told (and read) the correct way to do it. Now I’m not fast by any stretch of the imagination but I can last a full event now.
Start 3 to 4 days from the event with small high carb meals (lunch and/or dinner) and slowly increase the size every day. Do the same with water to hydrate the body as well.
Through the event eat small amounts often. I eat bananas, oranges and peanut butter sandwiches (only half at a time) and energy gels.
Start with 2 laps each if you want and see how your times go. When I did it the Pros were doing 4 laps each in a 2 man team (about 90min a session). I would suggest 1 lap each and get your transponder change over silky smooth and quick. You’ll have quicker times by being fresh for every lap.
Rest between laps. Lightly stretch the large muscle groups and massage the really sore ones (forearms especially).
Leave the tools in the pits, it’s a quick pony express style of event.
If you want off bike training, get on a rowing machine and do 500m in under 2min with 60-90 sec rest x 5 morning and afternoon if you can.
And as everyone has said have fun, you’re not going to win a sponsored ride.
Oh yeah BREATH!!!!!!
Enjoy.
Mal (can ride) is on the money with breathing. It sounds so simple but is the first thing you forget to do under pressure. When I used to race downhill MTB I used to focus on nothing but breathing for the first minute or so. It settles you down and keeps your muscles powered and your brain switched on.
I have put the Honda away until the event but am doing my beach workout and ocean swim 5 days a week and smahing beers all weekend so I should be right for the event and the after party :laugh:
I am so excited for this whole road trip as we have two other days of riding planned and such a good crew to do it with. My tactic will be one hot lap and a bunch of fillers punctuated by a shitload of excusesSTM
LC4skin wrote:Also try your best to beat Scottys lap timesI am reading this :laugh:
STM
